EDN

Synopsys Rolls Out Transistor-Level Static Timing Analysis

To address emerging custom circuit design challenges, Mountain View, Calif.-based EDA giant Synopsys Inc. today unveiled its anticipated next-generation transistor-level static timing analysis tool, ...
EDN

Understand basics of SPICE environment for circuit analysis and design, Part 1 of 2

(Note: This is Part 1 of a two-part article. Click here for Part 2.) SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuits Emphasis, often written as Spice) environment becomes an analysis platform of ...
Business Wire

Magma Acquires ACAD, Introduces FineSim Pro Circuit Simulator; Full-Chip, Tri-Mode Circuit Simulator Enables Simulation of Entire Mixed-Signal SoCs at Transistor Level

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2006--Magma(R) Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of semiconductor design software, today announced the availability of FineSim(R) Pro, the ...
Hackaday

Biasing That Transistor Part 4: Don’t Forget The FET

Over the recent weeks here at Hackaday, we’ve been taking a look at the humble transistor. In a series whose impetus came from a friend musing upon his students arriving with highly developed ...
Electronic Design

Simple Electronic Lock Uses Single-Transistor Circuit

A very simple but highly efficient combination lock circuit is shown in the figure. Any type of on/off switches can be used, varying from commercially available inexpensive types to more sophisticated ...
Live Science on MSN

Science history: Invention of the transistor ushers in the computing era — Oct. 3, 1950

would invent the first silicon transistor. In 1959, Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed a patent for the first integrated ...